No. 6/5 Louisville Travels to Boston College

GAME 21
Date: Jan. 29, 2020
Time: 9:00 p.m.
Site: Silvio O. Conte Forum (8,606), Chestnut Hill, B.C.
Television: ACC Network - Steve Schlanger, play-by-play; Dan Bonner, analyst.
Radio: WKRD (790 AM) Paul Rogers, play-by-play; Bob Valvano, analyst (Sirius channel 206, XM 193, Internet 955)
Series History: UofL leads 7-4 (4-0 in Louisville, 2-2 in Chestnut Hill, 1-2 neutral)
Last Meeting: Boston College 66, UofL 69 (Feb. 27, 2019 in Chestnut Hill, Mass.)
UL National Ranking: No. 5 USA Today, No. 6 Associated Press
Officials: Bert Smith, Lee Cassell, Tony Chiazza
Next UofL Game: Feb. 1 at NC State, Raleigh, N.C., 2:00 p.m. ET (ESPN)

LOUISVILLE, Ky.-- Winners of six straight games, Louisville plays its first of two straight on the road as the Cardinals face the Boston College Eagles in Chestnut Hill, Mass. on Wednesday.

Louisville had its highest offensive output in 10 games in beating Clemson 80-62 on Saturday. Darius Perry scored a career-high 19 points (5-of-6 three-pointers) and matched a career-best with five rebounds. Freshman forward Samuell Williams added 14 points off the bench, the second-highest total of his young career. The Cardinals held a 41-29 rebounding advantage and had built a 47-26 halftime advantage while shooting 65.5 percent from the field.

Louisville has five players averaging eight or more points a game. Junior Jordan Nwora leads the team in scoring with 18.7 points per game, while pulling down 7.3 rebounds a game. Steven Enoch is second on the team in scoring and rebounding with 10.9 points and 6.4 rebounds per game. Dwayne Sutton averages 9.1 points while leading the team in rebounding with 8.9 per game. Perry leads the team with 67 assists.

The Eagles (10-10, 4-5 ACC) had dropped four straight before beating Virginia Tech 61-56 at home on Jan. 25 in their last game as sophomore forward Jairus Hamilton led Boston College with 23 points while connecting on 5-of-7 three-pointers.

Four Boston College players are averaging scoring in double figures, led by Derryck Thornton (12.4 ppg). Junior forward Steffon Mitchell is second in the ACC in steals (3.1 per game) and the Eagles are 25th in the nation in steals per game (8.7). Boston College is No. 134 in the Sagarin Ratings, No. 156 in the NET rankings, No. 164 in ESPN's College Basketball Power Index (BPI) and No. 162 by Ken Pomeroy through Jan. 26.

Louisville leads 7-4 in its series against Boston College, winning six of the last seven meetings. The teams split last year's two matchups, with Louisville winning 80-70 in the KFC Yum! Center behind Jordan Nwora's season-high 32 points (1-16-19); and the Eagles prevailing 66-59 at Boston College as the Cardinals shot just 32.8 percent from the field (2-27-19).

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Louisville's 8-1 ACC start is its best in its six years in the conference and its best in any league since the Cardinals opened the 2008-09 Big East season with a 9-1 record. The Cardinals have started with at least a 17-3 overall record through 20 games for the fourth time in the last seven years.
Louisville's bench has delivered an average of 34.3 points over the last three games. Three of the Cardinals' top four bench scoring efforts of the season have come in the last three games.
Louisville has made as many as nine three-pointers in a game on 11 occasions this season, including six of the last 12 games (10-of-21 in its last game vs. Clemson). UofL is 18th in the nation in three-point field goal percentage (.382).
In its last seven games, Louisville has made 43.3 percent of its three-pointers (58-of-134).
Louisville's 26 ACC road wins in its six years in the league is the fourth-most in that period.
UofL is sixth in the nation in field goal percentage defense (.370), 18th in scoring margin (+12.5), 32nd in rebound margin (+6.2) and 34th in scoring defense (62.3). UofL is one of five teams in the nation ranked in the top 20 of both defensive efficiency (16th) and offensive efficiency (17th) in KenPom statistical rankings.
Jordan Nwora's 373 points scored this year is the third-most by a UofL player through 20 games over the last 20 seasons. He is second in the ACC in scoring (18.7 ppg). The preseason ACC Player of the Year, his 20 points at Notre Dame was his 10th game this season and 23^rd in the last two years scoring 20 or more points. He has made 17-of-33 threes in the last seven games (.515).

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Players Mentioned

Steven Enoch

Jordan Nwora

Darius Perry

Dwayne Sutton

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